Structure of the Analytics MBA
The analytics MBA at Stevens is structured around three areas of greatest need for the managers of tomorrow’s technology- driven organizations, who must be able to speak the language of business, understand how to apply new innovations within business units and across the enterprise, and interpret data to make strategic recommendations and capitalize on new trends.
The curriculum is further enhanced by personal and career development threads that include intensive mentorship and leadership training, ensuring students complete the program as well-rounded professionals able to understand how the technical and specialized aspects of the company enable the business to function and fit into the overall growth strategy of the organization.
Foundation Courses
The three foundation courses to the MBA are designed to provide a basic foundation in management principles to students from non-business backgrounds. Students may be exempt from these courses if they have undergraduate business degree. Please consult the program director for information on whether you are eligible to waive these courses. The three courses can be taken in the month prior to the start of classes in the fall.
Foundation courses:
Language of Business
One of the greatest points of frustration for technical employees is an inability to influence decision-making, as they are unable to translate their findings in ways that resonate with the C-suite. Courses in this block go beyond the basics to give you thorough command of how to understand scientific and technical advances from the viewpoint of a manager who must carefully deploy limited resources to ensure the pursuit of truly innovative developments.
Required courses:
| MGT 641 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| MGT 663 | Discovering and Exploiting Entrepreneurial Opportunities | 3 |
| FIN 638 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| MGT 699 | Strategic Management | 3 |
Leadership and Innovation
Courses in this block are designed to work in tandem with the curricular thread of personal development, nurturing aspiring leaders to think critically about problems and creatively about resources in order to attack corporate missions with fearlessness.
Required courses:
Analytical Thinking
Most technical professionals are capable analysts who are most comfortable delving into technical, rather than financial or managerial, challenges. Courses in this block emphasize highly advanced analytics techniques that will teach you the ways successful managers look at and use data in understanding how markets work and making better recommendations to guide the enterprise.
Required courses:
| BIA 500 | Business Analytics: Data, Models & Decisions | 3 |
| BIA 610 | Applied Analytics | 3 |
| BIA 652 | Multivariate Data Analysis I | 3 |
| MIS 637 | Data Analytics and Machine Learning | 3 |
Capstone
As college graduates are increasingly expected to enter the workforce ready to contribute, experiential learning is becoming more and more prevalent. This hands-on approach to education encourages and requires students to apply what they’re learning in the classroom to dynamic, complex professional situations. Students work as a part of a consulting team, with faculty support, to analyze real problems and recommend appropriate actions to the sponsor organizations. The program is an integral part of the curriculum of all graduate business programs.
Required Courses:
| MGT 808 | Fundamentals of Consulting | 0 |
| MGT 809 | Industry Capstone Experience | 3 |
MGT 808 is a 0-credit pre-requisite course for MGT 809.